Feast Or Famine

While the Germans are suffering a shortage of Santas, and are quite upset by that fact, Britain is being overrun with jolly old elves. Literally. There are Santas running in packs through the streets of Liverpool! Thousands of them.

To raise money for local charities, about 5,000 people dressed up in red suits, white beards and black boots and ran for five kilometres (3.1 miles) through the streets.

The feat dwarfed last year's event which saw the northwestern city earn a place in the Guinness Book of Records for the most Santas in one place at one time with 3,921.

Though more than 5,000 people filled in applications to enter the 2006 event, the exact number of runners along with the total amount raised was not to be confirmed for several weeks.

The event's website acknowledges that it will faces stiff competition for the world record from an event in Las Vegas later this month.

Santa invasion alert for Las Vegas! Get the traps out, folks! Maybe you could spray something or other, too.